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Ace Frehley / San Diego 1995/ 1DVDR
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Ace Frehley / San Diego 1995/ 1DVDR / Shades
The Coach House, San Diego, CA, USA 29th July 1995
Ace Frehley in 1995 had a long relationship with Peter Criss on a solo tour prior to the reunion of KISS. Introducing a super close-up video that allows you to experience the scene in the best possible way.
This work was shot at “July 29, 1995 San Diego Performance”. That transcendental audience shot … maybe. The biggest point of this work is the strange quality that is so far away from the audience that it becomes unreliable, but first of all, the position of the show. Speaking of 1995, it was also the year when “KISS UNPLUGGED”, which was a major turning point for them, was realized, so let’s look back on the schedule at that time.
・ January 1: Brooklyn performance
・ February 19-25: North America # 1 (3 performances)
・ March 13-25: North America # 2 (4 performances)
・ May 25-28: North America # 3 (4 performances)
・ June 13: Oslo performance
・ June 22nd-August 8th: North America # 4 (26 performances) ← ★ Coco ★
* August 9: MTV appearance “KISS UNPLUGGED”
・ August 11 + 12: North America # 5 (2 performances)
・ September 2-30: North America # 6 (8 performances)
・ November 1st-December 16th: North America # 7 (24 performances)
This is Ace Frehley in 1995. It seems to be lively when arranged in this way, but if you look closely, the main activity is a few performances a month. Only “North America # 4” and “North America # 7” were so-called “tours” that repeated stages and movements every night. Among them, the San Diego performance of this work is the former. It was the 18th performance of “North America # 4”, which was about 11 days before the fateful “KISS UNPLUGGED”.
This work recorded at such a show is a transcendental shot that makes you wonder, “This is the audience … isn’t it?” What is amazing is that position. Apparently, the site seems to be a small club, but it’s completely in the front row. It feels like you’re looking into the ace from the left side, and it’s so close that you can see the back of the monitor amp without hiding it. The audience is not reflected at all until I look back between the songs, and if there is no reaction from the MC between the songs, it is a studio rehearsal, and it is a monopoly image of “only the band and myself”.
This is just a guess, but I think it is a shot taken by the staff for feed. Richie Scarlet, who plays the guitar with Ace, comes to the camera to appeal when she solos, and she also gives a high five to Ace. Speaking of the mid 90’s, not everyone shoots like it does now, and if you find Axl Rose, you’ll be beaten. It’s a distance that you can hit if you reach out, and you’re so familiar with the members that you can’t think of them as just fans.
Anyway, what is drawn with such a monopoly shot is a full show that covers a wide range of careers. Let’s organize the contents here.
● KISS number
・ KISS: Nothin’To Lose (★) / Cold Gin / Deuce
・ HOTTER THAN HELL: Strange Ways (★) / Watchin’You / Parasite
・ DRESSED TO KILL: Rock and Roll All Nite (★) / Love Her All I Can
・ DESTROYER: Detroit Rock City
・ LOVE GUN: Shock Me
・ ALIVE II: Rocket Ride
● Solo
・ ACE FREHLEY: Rip It Out / New York Groove
・ FREELEY’S COMET: Breakout
・ TROUBLE WALKIN’: 2 Young 2 Die
・ ANOMALY: Sister
● Others
・ Louie Louie / Space Jam
・ Medley: Insane / Trouble Walkin’/ Rock Soldiers / Speedin’ Back To My Baby / Hard Times
* Note: The “★” mark is a song by Peter Criss.
…… And it looks like this. Rain hail of a group of famous songs that are performed even by compressing a part into a medley. Especially noteworthy is the middle stage. These are three songs that will be co-starred with Peter Criss. As soon as Ace called his name, the temperature in the narrow club rose by about 5 degrees and Peter appeared. However, Peter is in charge of vocals, not drums. He mainly sings “Strange Ways” with a tambourine in one hand, and plays the side chorus of “Nothin’To Lose” and “Rock and Roll All Nite”. Perhaps everyone is drunk, but they hug and entangle with each member while fluttering on the stage, enjoying the big chorus of “Rock and Roll All Nite!” With the audience. Another interesting song is “Breakout”. Here, Ace starts with the words “For Eric Carr!” And Ritchie sings.
Anyway, it is a shot in front of you that you can fully enjoy the cozy mood and the feeling of a closed room. Rather than being a concert spectator, you can become a friend of Ace and join Club Purdy. One of the secrets that you can share the experience that is only enviable. Please enjoy it to your heart’s content.
★ A transcendental audience shot of the “July 29, 1995 San Diego performance” … maybe by a band member. It’s captured from the front row of a narrow club, and it feels like you’re half up on the stage. The ace monitor amp is so close that you can even look into the back side (Ritchie Scarlet appeals from the camera’s point of view, high-five with the ace, and so on, which is an intimacy that ordinary fans cannot do). It is a transcendental video that you can enjoy a group of famous songs that cover a wide range of careers, including 3 songs in which Peter Criss participates on vocals.